I’m always amazed by all the cool stuff you can find online.
I was digging around and found an OLD magazine called The Youth’s Companion. When you read the Wikipedia article about the magazine’s history, it says that this magazine published the first copy of The Pledge of Allegiance on September 8, 1892, written by staff member Francis Bellamy. Isn’t that cool?
I thought it might be fun to share with you some of the stuff people were reading on March 13, 1879.
Worm Lozenges? Really?
There were a couple of ads for random things, but I thought this one was the best:
Much Sickness, Undoubtedly, with Children, attributed to other causes, is occasioned by Worms. BROWN’S VERMIFUGE COMFITS or Worm Lozenges, although effectual in destroying worms, can do no possible injury to the most delicate child. This valuable combination has been successfully used by physicians, and found to be absolutely sure in eradicating worms, so hurtful to children. Sold by all druggists. 25 cents a box.
Think they tasted like dirt?
The Three Boys
I also found this cool rhyme.
My boys love to rhyme and I thought they might have fun trying to figure this one out.
Can you solve it?
[Fill blanks with words to rhyme with the termination of the first line.]
A two-letter boy, whose name was Ed,
And a three letter boy, whose nickname was —,
Were joined by their four-letter brother, named —,
One boy was quite spunky–the hair on his —
Was of a bright auburn, in fact it was —,
And fat too, he was, by being well —.
Another had eyes dull and heavy as —,
And his nose was so broad that often ’twas —.
It nearly all over his visage was —,
The third boy was lazy; he walked with a —
That made it appear that he had a great —
Of working sufficient to pay for the —
Which he ate, when he hadn’t some meat in its —.
One cold winter day these boys got a —,
Which they found snug and dry out under a —,
And, like the bad boys of which you have —,
Without their parents’ permission they —
To the high coasting hill; soon downward they —,
But upset on the way, and one made his —
In a deep drift of snow which wet every —
Of his new suit of clothes. Another one —
So much at the nose he thought himself —,
The third one, unhurt, the way homeward —,
Where for parents’ forgiveness each one humbly —.
I got about 6 words in and then got confused.
I’m going to have to go digging in here again! This was fun!
Did you figure out the rhyme?
